Vessel-saving apparatus



(No Model.)

H. G. OADY. VESSEL SAVING APPARATUS.

No. 465,342. Patnted-DecjlB, 1891.-

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HENRY G. CADY, OF PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS.

VESSEL-SAVING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 465,342, dated December 15, 1891.

Application filed December 3, 1890. Serial No. 873,501. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY G. OADY, a citizen of theUnited States of America, residing at Pine Bluff, in the county of Jefferson and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vessel-Saving Apparatus, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention pertains to vessel-saving apparatus, and is designed to provide means for locating sunken vessels, in order that, thus located, they may subsequently be recovered, substantially as hereinafter described, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in

The connection of the rope to the buoy or float is effected by means of a ball-and-socket or universal joint D in order to render the connection more flexible, and thus prevent wear and breakage at that point, chiefly, of the hose-pipe from the vibrating motion of the water. The ball-and-socket joint is pendent from the lower end of the buoy, the ball being seated in the socket E and having a suitable passage through it for the wire rope and air, the rope in continuation being passed through corresponding central orifices in the curved cross-bars F and then tied or otherwise secured, the object of thecurved crossing bars being to permit passage of air-from the tube or hose through the buoy to the collar or sleeve G. The opening of the buoy at its upper end, wherein is secured the threaded collar or sleeve H, is designed to permit the attachment thereto of a section of hose, in connection with an air-force pump, when the sunken vessel is to be raised, the collar-screws being normally closed with a screw-cap to permit the ingress of air.

Ball-and-socket joint D is provided with a hollow stem or pipe at, in alignment with passage b, the stem or pipe being formed with a screw-cap c, engaging a screw-threaded sleeve or collar d, secured to the upper end of the hose-pipe.

Thus constructed, the wire rope is secured to the vessel, and, withthe hose, is connected in any ordinary manner to suitable and connecting air-tight compartments, and in the event of the sinking of the vessel or ship equipped with the apparatus, the hose and wire rope.un-

coiling, the buoy would float on the surface of the water and locate theship.

lVhen preferable, a storage-chamber may be provided in the buoy or float in which to preserve the ships log, money, treasure, or

valuable papers placed therein through a door near the top and fitted water-tight.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claiml. The buoy or float connected by a line to V a floating ship or vessel, in combination with the hose enveloping said line and having a universal-joint connection with said float and of a diameter in cross-sectional area adapted to provide for the passage therethrough of air under pressure to the float, substantially as set forth.

combination with the tube or hollow stem having an orificed ball engaging said socket, the hose adapted for the passage of air therethrough and having fitted in one end a tubular sleeve or collar engaged with'said tube or stem, and the line passing through said hose and secured in the orifice of said crossing bars, substantially as specified.

at. The buoy or float having at top a threaded collar or sleeve for attachment thereto of an air-pump and at bottom orificed crossing bars and a ball-and-socket connection provided with a tube or hollow stem terminating in a screw-cap, and thehose for connection with an air-chamber in the floating ship or vessel and fitted at one end with a screw-threaded sleeve or collar engaged by said cap, substantially as set forth.

5. The buoy or float having at top a threaded collar or sleeve for attachment thereto of an air-pump and at bottom orificed crossing bars and a ball-and-soeket connection provided with a tube or hollow stem terminating in a screw-cap, the hose for connection with an air-chamber in the floating ship or vessel and fitted at one end with a sleeve or collar engaged by said cap, and the line having connection with said orificed crossing bars and inclosed within said hose and connected to said ship or vessel, substantially as specified.

as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY e. CADY.

Witnesses:

J. G. TAYLOR, N. J. O. J OHNSON. 

